There is still more than 1 month until the 2023 Lunar New Year, but before the weather is warmer than usual, alternating sunshine and rain, increased temperatures and high humidity have spawned many Tet apricot orchards in An Nhon city (Binh Dinh). ) bloom earlier than usual, which worries many farmers. At present, apricot growers are actively taking corrective measures to ensure that apricot blossoms bloom on the occasion of Tet.

Nhon An Municipality is known as one of the places where Tet apricots are grown with the largest number in the city. Mr. Phan Van Sau from Thanh Liem Village (owner of Sau Hong apricot orchard) said: This year, his apricot orchard is expected to sell about 2,000 pots of apricot trees for Tet in the market. However, unpredictable weather, no cold air, alternating sun and rain caused about 30% of the family’s apricot pots to flower earlier than usual, even though the leaves had not yet ripened. Currently the flowering rate on the tree is around 30-36%, but compared to the number of buds on the tree, this rate is not much and is still enough for the amount of apricot flowers available to customers at the end of the year.

Although apricot flowers bloom earlier than usual, according to perennial apricot growers in An Nhon Town, the percentage of blooming flowers per pot is about 20-30%, which is not significant. At present, apricot growers are actively overcoming the above situation to ensure that apricot flowers bloom on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, and serve customers from regions up to An Nhon to buy apricots.

Nhon Phong is also the place with the largest number of households growing apricots in the city. Many households sell 500 pots to several thousand pots a year at the market during Tet and also witness the early flowering of apricot blossoms.

According to veteran apricot growers in Nhon Phong Municipality, despite their experience in growing apricots, it is very difficult to cultivate and control apricot blossoms at will, it all depends on the weather. Usually, growers take the initiative to pick leaves to close the buds regulate and bloom accordingly. This year, with more sunshine and more rain, the trees themselves are shedding leaves and buds so they cannot be controlled but can only take action to overcome and limit the apricot bloom.

With more than 20 years of experience in planting and caring for apricot apricots in Tet, but the situation that apricot flowers bloom early, although they have not yet picked their leaves, is the first time that Mr. Lam Thanh Van, owner of Thanh Van Apricot Garden in Liem Loi Village, a member of the Golden Apricot Cooperative in Nhon Phong Municipality. Mr. Van shared: This year’s Lunar New Year, the family plans to sell about 1,500 pots of apricots. To overcome the problem of early flowering, his family reduced the amount of fertilizer given to apricot trees and moved the apricot tree pots to shady, sheltered locations to limit sunlight and rain. This will help limit flowering of apricot blossoms…